Property owners have a legal obligation to ensure that their property is safe for guests and visitors. Property owners are negligent when they fail to meet this obligation, which can include the following: Failing to maintain the property Failing to make necessary repairs Failing to routinely inspect the property to […]
When you suffer an injury on someone else’s property, such as slipping and falling in a puddle of water in a store, it’s normally fairly easy to assign liability. In most cases, the property owner — i.e., the corporation that owns the store — will be liable for your injuries. […]
For many, riding a motorcycle is one of the most exhilarating experiences possible, as well as an efficient and cost-effective form of transportation. However, motorcycles lack almost all of the safety features — such as seatbelts, airbags, and crumple zones — that are standard issue for passenger vehicles, putting their […]
Accidents between trucks and passenger vehicles present a serious risk of injury and death due to the differences in the size and weight of the vehicles involved. The vast majority of truck accidents — 87%, according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration — are due to human error, but […]
Accidents between two passenger vehicles are dangerous enough, but accidents between a passenger vehicle and a large semi-truck can be devastating. This is because trucks are much larger and heavier than passenger vehicles. They also take much more time to stop, which reduces a truck driver’s ability to quickly and […]